Daniel Sturm, Esq.^r Supervisor Charleston S.^t Carolina Accountants Office Sept.^r 22^d 1795 Sir! I have to inform you that the Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of six thousand four hundred & fifty three Dollars being for the pay & Forage of the regular Troops in Georgia, under the Command of Lieu.^t Coll. Henry Gaither, for the months of June, July & August 1796 which sum you will pay to Constant Freeman Esq.^r and take his receipts to be accountable therefor; — You will give him the earliest information thereof on your receiving the money, as great dispatch is necessary in placing it in his hands to pay the Troops in time? Sam.^c W.^m Simmons Au[r?] Constant Freeman Esq.^r Georgia Accountants Office Sept.^r 23^d 1796 Sir! I acknowledge the receipt your letter of the 17^th Aug.^t on the 16^th inst when I promised more fully to answer it on a subsequent post day. A decision on the unauthorized Militia Services I suppose will ultimately take place by Congress, nothing has been done in it since I last wrote you on the subject. Your account Current has not yet been examined neither has Capt.^ns Tinsley's & Eaton's owing to the immediate press of Business preparing for the meeting of Congress, and which will continue for some time yet, as soon as possible they shall meet an examination and the result communicated to you. A list of the dates of Inlistment of those men who you could not ascertain I have after a long search been unable to find, I except Daniel Gaskill of Capt.ⁿ W.^m Eaton's Co.^y who inlisted with Lieu.^t Cox 11^th July 1794. To enable me to ascertain the others it will be necessary for you to send an account where they were inlisted & the Officers name who inlisted them — this information can be obtained from the men. Capt Dickinson's accounts have not yet been examined but they shall be of the first [after the present hurry of business is over] that shall receive an examination. The accounts of Brig.^r M.^r Ball mentioned in your letter have been received & will in turn meet an examination. Your estimate for the month of June or July of the regular Troops in Georgia has been handed to the Sec.^y of War who after allowing one monthly pay & Forage thereto as [undecipherable] their pay to the first of the present month, and the pay of M.^r [undecipherable] to the same day has found a Warrant for Six thousand four hundred & fifty three Dollars the amount thereof, which will be by this day's post transmitted to Daniel Sturm, Sup.^r Charleston S.^t Carolina, there to remain as usual Subject to your orders. The utmost dispatch is recommended in receiving this money and in making the payment to the Troops, [as it is] but too honourably to the act of [undecipherable] mentioned to you on this subject. M.^r Sturm is directed to inform you immediately on the receipt thereof, that no time may be lost after he receives it. In the mean time as your Estimates arrive here, remittances will be made as you may direct. The Blank Muster & Pay Rolls mentioned by you to be so much wanted are by this opportunity forwarded to Coll. Gaither at St. Mary's Sam.^c W.^m Simmons To Coll. Henry Gaither St. Mary's Georgia Accountants Office Sept. 23 95 Sir! M.^r Freeman having mentioned in his letter to me, the want of the blank Muster & Pay Rolls in your Quarter, I herewith send two packages under cover to you that you may distribute them in such manner as is necessary if M.^r Freeman should be absent. Sam.^l W.^m Simmons Cab.^t Swan Esq.^r Accountants Office Sept.^r 23^d 1795 Sir! I wrote you last on the 16^th inst. to the contents of which you are requested to attend. Agreeably to what I wrote you on the, I [undecipherable] relative to the accounts of [undecipherable] they have been examined and the amount found due his Estate [exclusive of Subsistence] which I cannot ascertain, is Three hundred & twenty eight Dollars & thirteen Cents